Release 1.6.0-rc1

Update VTKm

• Update release branch for vtk-m and create update branch

git fetch origin
git checkout release
git merge --ff-only origin/release
git submodule update --recursive --init
git checkout -b update-to-1.6.0-RC1

• Bring as a second parent the history of master

git merge --no-ff origin/master

• Craft or update docs/changelog/X.Y/release-notes.md file
• Create release notes commit

git add docs/changelog/X.Y/release-notes.md
git rm docs/changelog/*.md
git commit -m 'Add release notes for 1.6.0-RC1

• echo 1.6.0-RC1 > version.txt
• Create commit with the following template

git commit -m '1.6.0-RC1 7th official release of VTK-m.

The major changes to VTK-m from 1.5.1 can be found in:
  docs/changelog/1.6.0/release-notes.md'

• git tag -a -m 'VTKm 1.6.0-RC1' v1.6.0-RC1 HEAD
• Integrate changes to master branch
  • Create a merge request targeting master (do not add Backport: release)
  • Do: merge
• Integrate changes to update branch (push the update-to-1.6.0-RC1 branch to be the new release branch)
  • git push origin update-to-v1.6.0-RC1:release
• Push tags
  • git push origin v1.6.0-RC1

Spack

• Update Spack package: https://github.com/spack/spack/blob/develop/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/vtk-m/package.py

Post-release

• Copy the contents of docs/changelog/X.Y/release-notes.md to the GitLab release
• Post an email announcement on VTK-m mailing list.

/cc @ben.boeckel

/cc @vbolea